Re: Bug spacing

[Erik Sandberg]

On Saturday 18 February 2006 14.57, Aurélien Bello wrote:
> Dear LilyPond makers,
>
> I've a problem using LilyPond 2.7.34
> on a Mac iBook G4.
> I'd like to use the \mark command
> to indicate tempo changes like "Allegro"
> But if the indication is very long
> (for example "Allegro ma non troppo")
> in an orchestral score, the first bar is
> extended if some instruments have rests.
> (problematic for short times like 2/4).
> How can I make the lenght of a bar independant
> of the lenght of this \mark indication ?
> Thanks for answering.
> Aurélien Bello

I think there are answers for this if you search the lilypond-user mail 
archives. IIRC, what you want is a feature that sometimes is time-consuming, 
so it's switched off by default (I might remember incorrectly though).

-- 
Erik